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May 13: Yom HaZikaron in Israel (2024)

Aftermath of the Enschede explosion

1909 – The inaugural edition of the Giro d'Italia, a long-distance multiple-stage bicycle race, began in Milan; the Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna was the eventual winner.
1958 – US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela.
2000 – An explosion (aftermath pictured) at a fireworks factory in Enschede, Netherlands, resulted in 23 deaths and approximately €450 million in damage.
2008 – Nine bombs placed by the Indian Mujahideen, then an unknown terrorist group, exploded in a 15-minute period in Jaipur, India, killing 80 people and injuring more than 200 others.

Maria Theresa (b. 1717)
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Gary Cooper (d. 1961)

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